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There’s a lot of attention paid to direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands right now, and for good reason: in addition to the pandemic-fueled 45.5% growth from 2019 to 2020, US digital D2C sales are expected to grow another 15.9% in 2021, reaching $175 billion by 2023, according to our estimates.
JUL 6, 2021
Though virtually unknown outside of China, a new crop of local direct-to-consumer brands are making a name for themselves at home—and even outperforming some of the major foreign players.
JUN 28, 2021
On today's episode, we discuss online shopping: Which countries are growing the fastest around the world and why, how D2C brands are changing things up, and how do we solve for all the extra waste created from the ecommerce boom. Tune in to the discussion as eMarketer principal analyst Bill Fisher hosts principal analyst Paul Briggs and research analyst at Insider Intelligence Man Chung Cheung.
JUL 9, 2021
In this Meet the Analyst Webinar, Jeremy Goldman, eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence, discusses what companies of all sizes can learn from disruptive digitally native D2C brands such as SmileDirectClub, Warby Parker, FIGS, Ergatta, and more.
JUN 13, 2021
eMarketer was pleased to moderate a Tech-Talk Webinar featuring ActionIQ’s Tamara Gruzbarg, head of customer insights, and e.l.f. Beauty’s Brigitte Barron, director of global CRM and customer growth. They discussed how e.l.f. Beauty is driving its D2C transformation and expanding customer loyalty.
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Digital health cos burst open the funding floodgates: They brought in a record $14.7 billion in the first half the year alone—we unpack why so many of these cash recipients are those using a direct-to-consumer model.
JUL 20, 2021
Amazon is maneuvering to become a dominant player in direct-to-consumer healthcare services, beginning with its online pharmacy and telehealth services for its employees. It may acquire more healthcare delivery outlets, such as primary care and urgent care clinics. Entrenched industry players are watching carefully.
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The past year has been a whirlwind for many brands as they readjusted their marketing efforts to keep up with the changing landscape. One such brand, direct-to-consumer (D2C) company Peace Out Skincare, learned to be more nimble as it navigated a then-emerging platform—TikTok—and the Gen Z customers it caters to.
MAY 19, 2021
Ro plants more seeds in fertile reproductive health market: The D2C digital health company scooped up Modern Fertility for $225 million—here’s why it’s a strategic growth move.
MAY 17, 2021
In-person discovery is an integral part of a spirit marketer’s strategy. So when brand discovery shifted online, Brenne Whisky found that consumers aren’t shy about a buy-to-try purchase. Watch Industry Voices Spotlight on CPGs with Brenne’s president and founder Allison Parc to hear how direct-to-consumer (D2C) access made continued discovery possible.
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On today's episode, we discuss what brand-new forecasts the forecasting team cooked up in Q1, including time spent with TikTok and some direct-to-consumer (D2C) numbers. We then talk about say-through rates for voice ads, the battle between host-read and preproduced ads, and how knowledge workers will soon use a virtual assistant every day. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior director of forecasting Shelleen Shum, directors of forecasting Oscar Orozco and Cindy Liu, and forecasting analyst at Insider Intelligence Peter Vahle.
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The direct-to-consumer (D2C) model has been making waves over the past few years, as a greater emphasis on owned and operated online channels has been placed. In 2020, this model became even more attractive as brands and retailers faced disrupted supply chains, delayed orders, and store closures.
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MAR 14, 2021
Even before the pandemic, the direct-to-consumer (D2C) space was heating up in Western Europe. But the side effects of stay-at-home orders helped accelerate D2C’s popularity, and the landscape looks to be permanently altered.
MAR 11, 2021
Now, increasing restrictions on data collection, changes to Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA), and the death of the third-party cookie will mean that winning brands must reduce their dependence on third parties, and place a greater focus on first-party data and owned channels. In short, they’ll need more direct-to-consumer (D2C) marketing, and less (though still plenty) advertising.
MAR 4, 2021
A direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategy wasn’t top-of-mind when soda brand Olipop launched in 2017. In fact, during its first year of business, the brand didn’t even have a website—primarily relying on retail brick-and-mortar partnerships to drive sales. But last year, everything changed.
MAR 1, 2021
On today's episode, we discuss why marketers need to work on their mid-funnel (mid-range) game and the potential opportunities. We then talk about Peloton's apparel ambitions, Walmart's Q4 and 2020 performance, and packaged food giants' game plan for direct-to-consumer (D2C) sales. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst at Insider Intelligence Andrew Lipsman.
JAN 18, 2021
The emergence of new companies selling direct online has been a big story for some time. Mattress brands Casper and Emma, luggage maker Away, beauty company Glossier, and garment retailer Happy Socks were among the first highly successful direct-to-consumer (D2C) firms, many of them based in Europe.
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The combination of growing inventory, brands pulling back ad spend, and the overall rising tide of ecommerce growth has reopened opportunities for many D2Cs.


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Chicago officials announced Sunday new restrictions for businesses that sell liquor to have less than half of their regular maximum capacity and in addition, cap entrance to 100 people as the number of coronavirus cases in the state continue to rise.
As of Sunday morning, Illinois had a total of 66 confirmed coronavirus cases.
The City of Chicago released a statement saying:
"Due to concerns of St. Patrick’s Day festivities continuing through St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th, the City today issued new precautionary measures and guidelines to enforce large gatherings at bars and liquor establishments throughout Chicago. As part of the City's efforts to keep residents safe and healthy, the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) are enforcing all business establishments that sell liquor to have less than half of their regular max capacity. Additionally, any establishments that sell liquor will have a max capacity of 100 persons.
As part of these measures to limit large gatherings, the City is also requiring business owners to discontinue lining patrons up who are waiting for entry outside of establishments and on the public way. BACP and CPD are working with local entrepreneurs and business owners to ensure they're monitoring the new requirements, and the Departments will issue citations to owners if any establishment fails to enforce the new capacity limits."
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker made a guest appearance Sunday on NBC News’ 'Meet the Press' where he spoke about his disappointment with the lack of federal government’s quick response on the international crisis--adding he was seriously considering imposing stricter measures to ensure coronavirus is contained.
Last Wednesday, Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation--the state's version of a state of emergency-- and shortly thereafter, announced a ban on all large gatherings of a thousand people or more.
“We’ve been on the trajectory now and planning for each of these steps because it’s not easy, you can imagine each one of these decisions has consequences to them that are not just about the pandemic, they’re also about people’s livelihoods so we’re actually looking hard at that decision-making today,” Pritzker said Sunday morning.
“We obviously saw what happened in Europe, nowhere in the United States, really has there been a lockdown on bars and restaurants but it’s something that we’re seriously looking at,” he said.

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Sci-fi and fantasy magazine SFX is celebrating the return of Doctor Who with world-exclusive gifts.
Both its 132-page SFX Collection Doctor Who special and the May issue of SFX will be covermounted with Who goodies only available with the titles.
The special goes on sale on Wednesday, March 28. It will give readers a classic Doctor Who novel - one of 15 - from Target. They will be original editions no longer available in the shops and exclusive to readers, says the publisher.
The SFX special will have news and gossip from the 2007 series plus episode guides for the 2005 and 2006 series, the two Christmas specials and Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
In the May issue of SFX, on sale Wednesday, April 11, fans will have the first chance to get hold of the new Doctor Who Sticker Collection album.
It is full of never-before-seen images from the latest series, says publisher Future, which adds that in a world exclusive the album, from Merlin, will be offered to readers one week before it goes on sale across the UK.
The following June issue of SFX will also be covermounted with a pack of Doctor Who stickers from Merlin.
Click on the image of the special below for a larger version. The May edition cover is yet to be released.


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In the distant corners of Africa, entrepreneurs deliver goods and services across bumpy roads, crossing brimming rivers and rickety bridges, climbing steep hills and descending treacherous valleys. It is a classic story of conquering odds to reach the unreached.
This story once inspired a potent question: If a company can deliver soft drinks to the most remote towns in Africa, why can't essential medicines get there, too?
Five years ago, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria turned to the private sector for expertise and support to deliver essential medicines and medical products to far-flung locales. In 2010, The Coca-Cola Company took up the challenge, announcing a pilot project in Tanzania.
The public-private partnership that ensued transfers expertise in supply chain management from Coca-Cola to the public health sector in partnership with Tanzania's Medical Stores Department (MSD), the Global Fund, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Accenture Development Partnerships. It brings drugs and essential medical supplies to the hardest to reach areas of the East African country.
Called Project Last Mile, the partnership, which is now four years old, has borne tremendous fruit. The Yale Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI) joined the initiative to evaluate the project, documenting the development of the partnership and its implementation in Tanzania and identifying factors that have made it successful.
Before the project, MSD -- an autonomous entity responsible for procuring, storing, and delivering medicines throughout Tanzania -- faced significant challenges in its work, resulting in delays and stock outs. Thanks to the partnership, MSD reports that it has been able to improve medicine availability in some areas by 20-30 percent.
Project Last Mile also has also supported MSD in widening its distribution system from 150 warehouse drop-off points to more than 5,500 health facilities, whose managers are well in tune with patient needs, much as retailers do with consumer products.
Building on the success of the initial pilot, last week USAID announced that it has joined Project Last Mile, alongside the Coca-Cola Company, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The partners will expand the project by investing more than $21 million in addition to significant in-kind contributions to help provide access to critical medicines and medical supplies in eight additional African countries, increasing from the initial investment in Tanzania.
With an increased investment and the entry of USAID to the partnership, the project has gained tremendous momentum. In its new frontiers, the project is expected to bring life-saving solutions to more and more locations. For example, in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service and the Gates Foundation, the project aims to improve cold chain reliability which is vital to vaccine efficacy, maintaining drugs at controlled temperatures throughout the supply chain to prevent them from perishing. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has also tapped into the private sector's marketing expertise to improve awareness of vaccines to ensure children get fully immunized in the West African country.
In Mozambique, the partners aim to leverage existing collaborations between Coca-Cola bottlers and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) to support delivery of essential medicines with an initial focus on developing a performance management system.
With Project Last Mile's strong emphasis on country ownership, and its ability to bring together the golden triangle of civil society, government and the private sector, the initiative will bring more essential and life-changing products to more and more people across Africa. We are extremely proud that our organizations have joined hands in this partnership.
By tapping into the strength of our diversity, bringing together our best qualities, we can make a transformative difference in the lives of millions of people.
Wendy Taylor is USAID's Director, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact, Bureau for Global Health while Michael Goltzman is Vice President of International Government Relations & Public Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company.


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Gearing up PAMEX 2011
Organised by All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) with TAFCON, the eighth edition of PAMEX 2011, to be held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from November 01-04, is gearing up to mark a feat, providing exhibitors an opportunity to present their innovations and upgraded products. Good number of exhibitors from India and overseas are expected to showcase state-of-the-art and cost effective printing solutions for the pre press, in press, post press, signage, materials and publishing segments.
The upcoming PAMEX show will feature mobilization of overseas trade delegations and buyers from SAARC region, African, Latin American and Middle Eastern countries. An audience of over 30,000 trade visitors from all over the world is expected to attend the event for sourcing the most optimum and cost effective graphic arts machinery. “With whole hearted participation guaranteed from each of its over 50 member associations, PAMEX 2011 will be in every sense, an event ‘Of the Printers, For the Printers and By the Printers’,” conveyed Manoj Mehta, president, AIFMP.


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The US Senate Judiciary Committee is currently tackling bill S.1241 that aims to criminalize the intentional concealment of ownership or control of a financial account. The bill also would amend the definition of ‘financial account’ and ‘financial institution’ to include digital currencies and digital exchanges, respectively. According to ranking committee member Senator Dianne Feinstein, the proposed bill is needed to modernize existing AML laws.
The bill would amend the definition of ‘financial institution,’ in Section 53412(a) of title 31, United States Code, to include:
“An issuer, redeemer, or cashier of prepaid access devices, digital currency, or any digital exchanger or tumbler of digital currency.”
If passed, the bill would likely have far-reaching effects for users of digital currencies both in the US and abroad…


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Despite the demise of many physical retailers in 2020, these three stocks have gained and can anchor your portfolio through any turmoil.
Dec. 29, 2020
These three companies have consistently grown for many years, regardless of market conditions such as the Great Recession in 2008. As a beginner investor, many people fear losing money or aren’t prepared for volatility. These large-cap stocks help to reduce volatility in a portfolio as the stock price is unlikely to fluctuate wildly. These stocks will anchor your portfolio, and as a bonus, all three pay a dividend.
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is the largest brick and mortar retailer in the U.S. and opened almost six decades ago, priding itself on low prices. It has now grown to over 11,500 stores in 27 countries worldwide. Walmart was founded by the Walton family, who still own a significant ownership stake in the company.
Despite increasing competition from e-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) in recent years, Walmart has continued to grow. It has partnered with Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) to allow third-party merchants to sell on its site and invested heavily in R&D. This appears to be paying off, and in Q3 of fiscal 2021, it reported 79% growth in e-commerce sales. It also launched Walmart+ a membership offering with benefits such as free delivery for a monthly subscription fee and will compete with Amazon Prime.
Walmart had another strong quarter with Q3 revenue coming in at $134.7 billion, an increase of 5.2% from the year prior, and comparable-store sales grew by 6.4%. Walmart also pays a quarterly dividend and has consistently raised it since first paying one back in 1974. Currently, its dividend yield is approximately 1.44%.
Walmart has also offloaded its Argentina business and sold its majority stake in U.K. retailer Asda along with its Japanese subsidiary. It is doubling down on e-commerce and prioritizing markets such as India and Mexico through strategic partnerships. Walmart is also exploring opportunities in health and wellness and telehealth, opening three new health centers in the quarter, which is another avenue for growth.
2. Home Depot
The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is the largest home improvement company in the world with more than 2,200 stores in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. The company has been a beneficiary of COVID-19 as people have spent more time at home and turned to home improvement.
Earlier this year Home Depot reported record Q2 results and this “exceptional” performance has continued into Q3. Total revenue for Q3 came in at $33.5 billion, an increase of 23% year-over-year (YoY). Same-store-sales increased by an impressive 24% in the quarter with the top 40 markets posting double-digit growth in this area. It also reported a net income of $3.4 billion and paid its quarterly dividend.
Home Depot avoids competition from Amazon and other online retailers due to the nature of the products that it primarily sells. The costs of shipping have helped Costco to fend off competition from Amazon. However, it is leveraging its digital platforms with digital sales increasing by 80% YoY, but the majority of products are picked up in-store. It continues to invest through its “One Home Depot” strategic plan to implement improved e-commerce solutions along with curbside pickup.
Home Depot also agreed to acquire HD Supply which is a leading national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operations. This expands Home Depot’s footprint in the $55 billion markets. The future looks brighter than ever for this retailer.
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) operates a membership-only warehouse club selling a wide range of products often in bulk. It was founded in 1976 in a converted airplane hangar and with a dedication to low prices. It has had an excellent year to date with people stocking up on essentials.
Costco’s business model differs from other retailers due to its subscription model, which costs $60 for a basic membership and $120 for an executive one. It typically makes very little on the products it sells due to low margins but more than makes up for it with subscription revenue. It currently has 58 million members globally, and this continues to rise.
In fiscal Q4, Costco’s net sales increased by 12.5% to $52.2 billion, and net income in fiscal Q4 was $1.39 billion and has steadily increased over the years. The company has a rock-solid balance sheet with $12 billion in cash in Q4. It also announced a special dividend of $10 per share, the fourth such dividend in the last eight years. In this timeframe taking these regular and special dividends into account, the stock has risen over 300%, which is impressive for an anchor stock.
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Poinsettias demand special care for holiday beauty
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. No matter what their color, great care is needed to keep poinsettias in the pink through the holidays, according to Purdue University experts.
No longer just red, poinsettia's other colors have reached popularity with consumers. Last year Purdue researchers took poinsettias to the White River Gardens in Indianapolis, where visitors voted on their favorite variety. The winner, called Sonora White Glitter, had red bracts (leaves) with white spots, said Allen Hammer, a professor of horticulture.
Consumers should know what to look for when browsing poinsettias at the store, said Rosie Lerner, Purdue Extension consumer horticulture specialist. Some defects to look for are bare spots along the stem, discoloration, leaf blemishes and wilting.
"Once wilted, the leaves will drop quickly," Lerner said.
It is better to purchase poinsettias closer to the time of parties or holiday events so they will look their best, Lerner said. However, finding the poinsettia of choice right before the holidays could be a problem. Most have been picked through by early season shoppers.
One way to keep poinsettias lasting longer is to avoid stressing the plant. Stress can be caused by the humidity level, air drafts, lack of sunlight and soil moisture.
"When the air is very dry, plants tend to lose moisture faster," Lerner said. She recommends running a humidifier to increase the comfort of poinsettias and other plants in the house.
Lerner said poinsettias prefer a cool but not cold area and don't do well when exposed to drafts. For this reason, poinsettias should not be placed near doors, vents or drafty windows.
Poinsettias should receive reasonable amounts of light. Lerner said the plants should be placed near a bright, sunny window, but not in contact with the cold glass. She also said that the soil should be moist but not overly wet.
Many parents are concerned that children could be poisoned by the poinsettia, but researchers have found this to be untrue, Lerner said.
"Much research has shown they are not toxic, but some people might have a reaction to the milky substance in the plant," she said.
For those interested in raising these Christmas plants year round, Lerner has some tips.
During summer, poinsettias can be grown as outdoor plants, but have to be brought indoors around late August or early September to protect them from the cold.
Once inside, poinsettias need uninterrupted darkness for at least 12 hours each day to initiate the flowering process in time for the holidays. The plant should be placed in a closet or under an upside down box. The dark treatment can be discontinued once the plant starts showing color on the bracts.
More information about keeping a poinsettia plant throughout the year is in the Purdue Extension Bulletin HO-73, "The Poinsettia." It's available online.
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APM Terminal’s TEC2 Wrapping Up Phase 1
The phase I of the USD 900 million semi-automated deep-water Lázaro Cárdenas Terminal 2 (TEC2) project at Mexico’s second-busiest container port will open soon with 750 meters of quay and 1.2 million TEU annual throughput capacity, according to APM Terminals.
The company said that it has forged ahead with the project despite lagging global and regional Latin American economic growth, and sluggish global container shipping growth rates, with the full expectation that the 1.2 million TEU annual throughput capacity added to Mexico’s port infrastructure will have an immediate impact on Mexico’s trade growth.
“Mexico is not only the second-largest economy in Latin America, but also one of the world’s Top 15 manufacturing economies, including having become one of the world’s top five car makers, and we feel that investing in Mexico’s continuing economic and trade progress is a sound business strategy,” notes APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer, who toured the TEC2 site on Mexico’s Pacific Coast earlier this week.
At full build-out, TEC2 is projected to double the quayside to 1,485 meters, increase the number of STS cranes from seven to fifteen, and more than double annual throughput capacity to 4.1 million TEUs.
APM Terminals is investing into the country is it wants to tap into the country’s projected economy growth, which according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will rise by 2.6% in 2016 and by 2.9% in 2017.
Manufacturing, and the supply of components destined for Mexican factories for assembly and export to the USA as well as overseas, has become an increasingly important sector of Mexico’s USD 1.16 trillion economy since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) linked the US, Canadian and Mexican markets 22 years ago.
The USA is the destination of 78.8% of Mexican exports, and also provides 49.1% of Mexico’s imports, followed by China (16.1%) and Japan (4.5%).
Mexican ports handled a combined 5.4 million TEUs in 2015, reflecting a growth rate of 7%, far outperforming global container market growth of just over 1% for the year. Throughput at the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas rose by 6% in 2015 to 1.05 million TEUs, trailing only Manzanillo, with 2.4 million TEUs handled in 2015.


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March 8th 2005
By Mike Flaminio
PowerPage.org, a website already in deep doo-doo for outing Apple secrets, is dripping details of a "mini pocketop" computer said to be brewing somewhere deep in the bowels of Apple's 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino HQ. This so-called blogsite--whose pages are covered with paid advertisements and have been since long before "blogger" was a word--reports the following:
Deep in the Apple cave these slim little mini pocketops are doing the rounds and getting a lot of great feedback. Sources who claim to have see one have commented that an internal-planning spec details that the new machine runs a stripped-down flavour of Mac OS X. We're told that it will finally utilize Apple's Inkwell technology to "write anywhere" and neatly fold into your pocket - rather like an enlarged Motorola RAZR V3 mobile phone with a keyboard.
Assuming the above information is anywhere near the mark, Apple's previous disavowals of plans to release a PDA/palmtop computer would appear to have transmogrified into a "new," hybrid device.
Possible? Probable? What's your take?
Plug--Three cheers for PowerPage and it undiminished drive to stay at the forefront of Mac journalism.


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Walgreens sues Theranos alleging breach of contract
- Author: Myrtle Hill Nov 10, 2016,
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A spokesman for Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreens declined to comment Tuesday beyond confirming the lawsuit had been filed.
On a statement posted on their website, Theranos said the company was "disappointed" that the drug store chain filed the suit.
Theranos and Walgreens first teamed up in 2010, and opened Theranos "Wellness Centers" in 40 locations where they offered blood-tests to patients.
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The lawsuit against Theranos was filed in a federal court located in Delaware. But a year ago, a series of Wall Street Journal reports questioned the legitimacy and accuracy of the company's technology, and Theranos's story began to crumble.
Walgreens and Theranos began working together in 2010 with the goal of placing the startup's proprietary Edison blood-testing machines in pharmacies around the county.
Walgreens claims in the filing that it entered into an agreement with Theranos in April 2010 that held both companies "in strict confidence and to maintain as confidential all" information between the two. Theranos claimed Walgreens has "consistently failed to meet its commitments to Theranos" and mishandled the companies' partnership.
Walgreens told the Journal that it had no comment regarding the lawsuit.
According to the Journal article, Walgreens alleges in its lawsuit that Theranos continued to mislead the company after questions about Theranos's technology and operations arose during the past year, putting the drugstore chain's customers at risk.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Amazon (AMZN) reports first-quarter earnings tonight after the close, and investors will be looking forward to hear if the weather impacted the company's results, as it did with other retailers and e-commerce partner UPS (UPS), or if Amazon remained immune to Mother Nature.
In issuing its press release to announce first-quarter results, UPS blamed the harsh weather around the country, noting that it disrupted deliveries and impacted expenses. Given the close relationship UPS and Amazon have, this will be worth watching, notes JMP Securities analyst Ronald Josey. "We expect Amazon to report 1Q14 results that are in line with our projections although a colder winter, particularly in the Northeast, could have helped domestic eCommerce trends and we note our checks suggest improving eCommerce trends throughout the quarter, of which Amazon likely benefited." Josey rates shares "market perform."
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are expecting Amazon to earn 23 cents a share on $19.4 billion in revenue for the quarter. Analysts surveyed by Estimize are expecting Amazon to earn 25 cents a share on $19.63 billion in sales.
When Amazon issued first-quarter guidance after releasing fourth-quarter earnings, it gave a net sales range between $18.2 billion and $19.9 billion, growing between 13% and 24%, compared with first quarter 2013. Amazon also said it expects operating income to be breakeven, plus or minus $200 million.
Investors will be looking to see whether Amazon's faster growing product lines, including digital media sales and apparel, will continue to trend upward. Goldman Sachs analyst Heath Terry, who rates Amazon "buy" with a $430 price target, believes that these two segments will allow revenue to reaccelerate, despite a slowdown in paid unit growth.
"With investor focus on paid unit growth deceleration in recent quarters and the reportedly slower start to 1Q, we believe investor expectations are modest," Terry wrote in the note. "However, with mix shifting to faster growing product lines like apparel and digital goods, continued acceleration in AWS, and a slight benefit from FX, we believe revenue growth could accelerate to 22% yoy vs. 20% in 4Q."
CEO Scott Wingo of ChannelAdvisor (ECOM), which reports same-store-sales (SSS) for both Amazon and eBay (EBAY), notes Amazon averaged 21.1% year-over-year growth, according to its SSS data. He notes the three key metrics he's watching are active users, the Electronics and General Merchandize (EGM) category, and sold-item growth.
This is the first quarter following the Amazon Prime price hike, after Amazon announced in mid-March that it was raising the price of Prime to $99 a year, up from $79.
Josey isn't looking for much in the way of revenue, but notes he will be looking to hear whether the price increase, which went into effect April 17 in the U.S., but was raised in February in the U.K. and Germany, impacted user numbers. In his letter to shareholders, CEO Jeffrey Bezos, according to Josey, noted that "adoption of Prime Instant Video in the UK and in Germany has been 'terrific' and that it was 'surpassing expectation,' which we believe is a positive early sign of streaming video adoption internationally as we await a rebound in international media revenue growth." It's unclear exactly how many Prime members there are around the world, but it's thought that there are around 20 million, a group characterized as among Amazon's most lucrative customers. "We believe there are ~15-20 million Prime members in the U.S. and that these users spend ~3-5x on Amazon when compared to non-Prime members," Josey wrote in the note.


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03/03/2023 – Event / Macfrut / Fruit / Vegetables / Expo / Italy / International
Macfrut 2023 tour strengthens fresh produce expo’s presence across three continents
Macfrut – the international trade fair for the fresh produce sector (3–5 May 2023, Rimini Expo Centre, Italy) – recently wrapped up the last leg of its international presentation tour in South Africa and Zimbabwe after travelling to 20 countries around the world, including Central and South America, Africa and Eastern Europe.
Tour of Saudi Arabia and nations of Africa
The tour kicked off in September last year with a presentation press conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and then continued across Africa (Cameroon and Egypt in October, and Mali in January). All these countries will be attending Macfrut 2023 in a collective stand, with more exhibitors expected to participate at the premier fresh produce event than last year.
As part of the trade mission in Egypt, a three-year agreement was also signed between Macfrut and Expolink, the Egyptian Exporters Association. The subject of the agreement is the inclusion of Macfrut among the association’s leading trade fairs, along with the participation of 15 Egyptian exporters in the 2023 edition of Macfrut.
Leveraging upon Macfrut’s Latin America Days
The trade missions to Central and South America (Chile and Peru in November, Dominican Republic in December, and Venezuela in January) focused on the Latin American Days, to be held at Macfrut this year. Indeed, the upcoming edition of the trade fair will shine a spotlight on Latin America, which will have its own pavilion with workshops, show cooking sessions, and B2B meetings.
Mexico and El Salvador will participate as exhibitors at Macfrut for the first time this year. There will also be a large number of participants from Colombia, with more than 40 exhibiting companies, as well as from Chile and Peru, including blueberry growers. The Dominican Republic will double the amount of exhibition space compared to previous editions, and Venezuela will also be present with about 10 participating companies, building on last year’s positive debut experience at the show, having attracted much attention from visitors, after it opened up to the world following challenging times due to the US trade embargo of 2015.
Bringing countries together for knowledge-sharing and networking
“Macfrut’s international tour saw in-person presentations being held in 20 countries around the world, including Central and South America, Africa and Eastern Europe,” explained Renzo Piraccini, President of Macfrut. “It was a huge effort, which shows just how much this trade fair is growing internationally thanks to ICE-Italian Trade Agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) and several international bodies and institutions. The diversity of Macfrut was acknowledged and appreciated by all: it is not only a business trade fair, but also an opportunity for sharing knowledge and networking that brings many countries together. This is our strength and is what makes us stand out.’
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The grungy holes-in-the-wall of San Francisco’s Mission District have long been known for some of the world’s largest, most beloved burritos. But the neighborhood is also known for something a little less savory: gentrification. With an infamous influx of young, well-paid tech workers fueling higher rents, many businesses, restaurants included, are threatened. Even when they’re the size of a wrestler’s bicep, burritos can sell for only so much, and the merchants selling them must cope with increasingly high real estate costs.
“We’ve all heard about what’s happening on the housing front. A lot of tenants have been evicted, a lot of people are being pushed out because it’s so expensive in San Francisco,” says San Francisco Supervisor David Campos. “That’s manifesting itself on the business side as well.”
Campos has proposed a ballot initiative that, while it will not save every threatened legacy business, may buoy enough of them to prevent the city’s commercial landscape from being overrun by Starbucks and Chipotle. It’s an acknowledgment that local businesses can be community amenities and public goods even as they pursue their core capitalist missions.
“These long-term businesses … are not just businesses but really are part of these communities,” says Campos. “There’s a personal, emotional attachment that comes with a lot of these businesses.”
The city’s budget office estimates that San Francisco’s commercial property values rose 256 percent between 1999 and 2013; rents have been known to double from year to year. The same report indicates that closures and relocations of established business is rising, with an estimated 4,378 in 2014, compared with 3,657 in 2011.
The Legacy Business Historic Preservation Fund would provide up to $500 in annual assistance per employee and grants of up to $4.50 per square foot to landlords in exchange for 10-year leases to legacy businesses. Annual grants would be capped at $50,000 and $22,500, respectively. Funding for the program, around $3 million annually, would come from the city’s general fund, which amounts to roughly $3 billion annually. Longstanding nonprofit groups would also be eligible for support.
Incentives in these amounts might not save destitute businesses, but they could buoy those that are teetering on the margin between sustainability and perennial losses. The long-term leases can also create certainty for legacy businesses that are currently sustainable but loath to make long-term investments lest they be hit with unexpected rent increases.
“It’s important to note that this … interferes in no way with the landlord-tenant relationship,” says Mike Buhler, executive director of San Francisco Heritage, which supports the proposal. “The decision to pursue the grant is entirely up to the business owner and the landlord.”
(Then again, real estate is not the only expense that San Francisco businesses must weather. One estimate, by the libertarian Pacific Institute, contends that the city’s regulations, plus its impending $15 per hour minimum wage, means that every worker costs at minimum $19.95 per hour.)
Buhler calls it a new twist on historic preservation, which typically focuses on buildings but not on businesses or people.
“Landmark protections are not intended to protect particular uses or businesses or nonprofits, and we needed to adopt a different approach,” says Buhler. SF Heritage already maintains a registry of legacy bars and restaurants in the city. The organization also recently released a report on the city’s “living history.”
As proposed, the program would assist up to 300 legacy businesses per year, out of an estimated 3,000 such businesses citywide. Campos wants to ensure that assistance goes to businesses that truly need and deserve it, without taxing the city’s coffers the way an unlimited program might.
Funding would not be a free-for-all. Eligible businesses would be drawn from a legacy business registry, established by the city last year as an initial step toward identifying and supporting threatened businesses. It will be administered by the city’s Small Business Commission. What the registry can’t do, though, is distinguish between businesses that are beloved and those that are merely old. Cigarette stores and strip clubs might not rouse the same sentiments as burrito shops and bookstores do.
Establishment of the fund requires a two-step process. Campos, along with several other supervisors, is currently lobbying to place the initiative on the November citywide ballot. It would go into effect only if passed by a majority of voters.
While the city’s challenges with residential gentrification have been well publicized and heated — such that some activists have proposed development moratoriums in neighborhoods like the Mission — support for businesses has been more muted. In fact, if passed, the fund would likely be the first such program in the nation. That’s in contrast with the multitude of federal, state and local programs designed to promote and preserve affordable housing.
“On the commercial real estate side is that legally, there’s very little that we can do as a city,” says Campos. “We have more of an ability to provide protections on the housing side.”
Though many small businesses can point to the influx of young wealth as a reason for their demise, Campos is optimistic that the city’s young and old residents alike will line up to preserve the city’s character.
“I think that as much as there is tension, I think that they want to be part of this community and I think many of them respect and appreciate what’s there,” says Campos.
And Campos says that it’s only fair. If the city is going to support the businesses that bring in new workers, it should support the businesses that have been there all along. Under a program begun in 2011, the city waived $4.2 million in tax revenue for new businesses in the Mid-Market district, including Twitter.
“If we’re willing to help Twitter, why wouldn’t we be willing to help the legacy business that’s such an integral part of the neighborhood?” says Campos.
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Josh Stephens is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles. His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Planning Magazine, Sierra Magazine, the Huffington Post and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is a contributing editor to the California Planning & Development Report and Planetizen. His website is joshrstephens.net.


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In a potential seachange within the EV industry, this morning General Motors announced it would be manufacturing its own family of EV drive systems and motors.
General Motors said that it will "put into production an interchangeable 'family' of electric vehicle (EV) drive systems and motors, boosting manufacturing efficiencies as it transitions to a fully electric lineup." The legacy automaker is looking to "build a vertically integrated electric car business," according to Reuters.
The announcement sent a ripple across EV stocks in pre-market trading on Wednesday, with Tesla shares poised to break their recent rally that has driven the stock up more than 35% off its September lows.
Adam Kwiatkowski, GM's executive chief engineer for global electrical propulsion, said: "By designing its own e-axles, GM could better integrate them with an EV's battery and the rest of the car. E-axles combine gear, motor and power electronics into a single system and help convert the electricity from batteries efficiently to propel the vehicle."
He told Reuters last week: "GM designed these drive units simultaneously with a full gambit of electric vehicles that fill out our portfolio. They become synergistic and make them a really efficient package that's good for the performance of the vehicle, good for driving customer enthusiasm, and most importantly it's good for cost efficiency."
Curiously, the news also comes days after General Motors' partnership with Nikola Motors was called into question by short seller Hindenburg Research, who called Nikola an "intricate fraud". Both GM and CEO Mary Barra have acknowledged that they did appropriate amounts of due diligence on the Nikola deal and for now, General Motors appears to not be distancing itself from the embattled EV name.
The rationale behind GM's announcement isn't a mystery: either the company is trying to take the first step to distancing themselves from the Nikola deal, or more likely, it is simply trying to tap into the insane valuations that the market is currently assigning to EV names.
$GM could be "a trade" as it's clearly now an EV tech leader.— Mark B. Spiegel (@markbspiegel) September 16, 2020
Pros: 8x normalized ($4) earnings & MIGHT grab the imagination of EV Robintards
Cons: NO ONE makes money on EVs.
Not growing overall.
Conclusion: Every OEM being in EVs will crash $TSLA's price down, not bring OEMs up


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That's right iPad fans. Both the 9.7-inch iPad and the iPad mini will be refreshed with improved hardware before the end of this year. DigiTimes issued a report breaking down production and release dates for both Apple tablets in the works. Sources include Taiwan-based supply chain manufacturers, who claim the iPad mini 2 will not achieve volume production until November 2013.
It's not clear whether or not the next generation iPad mini has been postponed due to component shortages or if Apple is looking to boost full-size iPad sales ahead of the revamped iPad mini launch. The fifth-generation iPad is expected to enter mass production starting in July, with the product hitting shelves during the third quarter of this year. The photo above from CiccareseDesign is an artist's rendering of the iPad mini 2 and redesigned iPad 5 side-by-side.


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Over 50% of companies have fired workers for e-mail, Net abuse
Most employees knew they were being monitored
IDG News Service - Think you can get away with using e-mail and the Internet in violation of company policy? Think again.
A new survey found that more than a quarter of employers have fired workers for misusing e-mail and one third have fired workers for misusing the Internet on the job. The study, conducted by the American Management Association (AMA) and The ePolicy Institute, surveyed 304 U.S. companies of all sizes.
The vast majority of bosses who fired workers for Internet misuse -- 84 percent -- said the employee was accessing porn or other inappropriate content. While looking at inappropriate content is an obvious no-no on company time, simply surfing the Web led to a surprising number of firings. As many as 34 percent of managers in the study said they let go of workers for excessive personal use of the Internet, according to the survey.
Among managers who fired workers for e-mail misuse, 64 percent did so because the employee violated company policy and 62 percent said the workers' e-mail contained inappropriate or offensive language. More than a quarter of bosses said they fired workers for excessive personal use of e-mail and 22 percent said their workers were fired for breaching confidentiality rules in e-mail.
Companies are worried about the inappropriate use of the Internet, and so 66 percent of those in the study said they monitor Internet connections. As many as 65 percent of them use software to block inappropriate Web sites. Eighteen percent of the companies block URLs to prevent workers from visiting external blogs.
Companies use different methods to monitor workers' computers, with 45 percent of those participating in the survey tracking content, keystrokes and time spent at the keyboard. An additional 43 percent store and review computer files. Twelve percent monitor blogs to track content about the company and 10 percent monitor social-networking sites.
Companies are keen to track employee e-mail and Internet behavior in part due to legal fears. According to research done by the AMA and ePolicy in 2006, 24 percent of companies in the study had e-mail subpoenaed by courts and another 15 percent have faced lawsuits based on employee e-mails.
The researchers found that even though only two states require companies to notify their workers that they're monitoring them, most tell employees of their monitoring activities. Of the companies that monitor workers in the survey, 83 percent said they tell employees that they are monitoring content, keystrokes and time spent at the keyboard. As many as 84 percent tell employees that they review computer activity and 71 percent alert workers that they monitor their e-mails.
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Over the last few years, one of the most confusing parts of Intel's product stack has been the series of low-end parts. The company has produced Celeron and Pentium processors using both its large-and-fast desktop cores and its lightweight low-power cores. That led to multiple CPUs equally labeled "Pentium" but with wildly disparate performance. Today, a longtime tipster and friend of the site pointed us to a Product Change Notification buried in Intel's website that indicates that Kaby Lake-based desktop Pentium G4560, G4600, and G4620 chips will be rebranded as "Pentium Gold" CPUs.
This news comes not even a week after purportedly-leaked documents marked down possibly-upcoming Gemini Lake SoCs for a new "Pentium Silver" branding. The combination would make sense: the fast desktop-core-based Pentiums will be "Gold," while the power-efficient Gemini Lake chips could then be "Silver."
The Product Change Notification document also describes changes to both the global and Chinese box art, and mentions that Intel's customers (meaning OEMs and resellers like Newegg) must be ready for the new branding by November 2. Don't be too shocked if you see Pentium Gold CPUs in stores sooner rather than later.
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SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — The legality of San Francisco’s ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to disclose possible health risks to consumers was heard by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday.
Enforcement of the law that requires disclosure of possible health risks and radiation levels of cell phones at retailers is on hold pending the outcome of the appeal.
The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA), who represents the wireless industry, has argued it is opinion, not fact, that radiation from mobile phones poses health risks such as cancer.
“What they don’t say is that the weight of studies has shown that there is no known harm from cell phones. To take the idea from studies that are ongoing, you could say that about any product,” said attorney for CTIA Andrew McBride.
KCBS’ Margie Shafer Reports:
He also argued that requiring retailers to display the signs is against the First Amendment as it forces speech.
San Francisco Dep. City Attorney Vince Chhabria argued that public health is a legitimate interest of the city and that correlation— not causation of risk is reason enough to allow the warnings.
But McBride added that a more lenient test applies when the government is trying to prevent consumer deception and a stricter test applies when the government is trying to prevent consumer death.
Judge Edward Korman offered the city these words of warning.
“I think you should be careful about this demagoguery that you’ve engaged in here,” Korman said.
A ruling on the appeal is expected in the weeks or months to come.
(Copyright 2012 by CBS San Francisco. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)


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During the afternoon of today will be present in Hipólito Irigoyen 438 emprendedorxs with the aim of generating new spaces of exchange at popular prices.
Posts of macramé, handcrafted screen printing and clothes worn without distinction of gender will be present on this occasion. From space they will also offer vegan snacks and clarify that it will be free of macho violence.
“Feria Magenta” – one of the protagonists talked over time about the imprint of the commercialization of clothes used to beat the crisis and maintain the style. Admission is free and free. Cristina Vera belongs to” Feria Magenta”, a group of organized friends who in 2017 began to select clothing they did not use.
The young woman explained that in addition to being an area of economic resistance, “clothing is one of the most polluting consumption in society and we may not use it and someone could use it.”
He explained that in this way the garments can continue to circulate, without ending up in a trash can, so the prices will be accessible and the items for sale will vary in sizes and shapes.
The meeting will also feature the perspective who of Alicia Cobos. The naturist nutritionist resides in another province but often visits these latitudes promoting health autonomy. He explained that he will have a stand with purification kits that mix medicinal plants and manual cleaning protocols in fanzine format.
It will be a la gorra-he commented that the products and the information seek to generate a self-management of the health from an environmentally friendly vision. He will give a conscious feeding talk at 6:00 p.m. with the aim of decolonizing, taking out all the mumbo jumbo posed by traditional medicine and doing it from a language that everyone understands.
He stressed the importance of economic prices in terms of the community, circular and collective nature of the meeting. The day that will begin in the afternoon at the vegan cooperative located at 438 Irigoyen Street will end with the show “Familoamerica” at 20:00.
This clown presentation that has been going through Latin America for years with the aim of making people laugh, listen and feel will be to the cap.


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Ford Motor Co. shares sank early Monday after an Ohio judge said the automaker had to pay nearly $2 billion in damages to thousands of dealerships who participated in a 2002 class-action lawsuit. But the shares pared their losses as several analysts downplayed the news and said Ford can absorb the damages even if loses a planned appeal.
THE SPARK: Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Peter Corrigan in Cleveland issued the ruling based on a Feb. 11 jury determination that the company overcharged dealers for commercial trucks over 11 years. The $2 billion award covers more than 3,000 dealerships and about 474,000 trucks. It includes a judgment of about $781 million and about $1.2 billion in interest.
Ford is appealing the decision. Ford chief counsel David Leitch said Monday that it will likely take several years for the case to wind its way through the Ohio appeals system.
Standard and Poor's reiterated its "Buy" rating on Ford Monday afternoon, saying that if Ford loses the appeal it would be "costly but absorbable," with Ford taking a hit of around 47 cents per share. Barclays Capital analysts also reiterated a "Overweight/Neutral" rating and said they don't expect a significant impact to Ford's cash position in the near term because of the length of the appeals process.
THE BACKGROUND: The class action included all dealers who purchased a 600-series or higher truck from Ford from 1987 to 1997. Plaintiffs accused the automaker of failing to reveal that price concessions were given to some dealers.
Ford said Monday that it believes the court committed numerous errors, including certifying all of the dealers as a class.
"This decision is far outside the bounds of normal legal procedure," Leitch said. He noted that Ford won a similar case in federal court in 2009.
STOCK ACTION: Shares fell more than 3 percent to as low as $12.78 on Monday, but pared losses to finish down just 21 cents at $13.14. Ford shares have traded in a 52-week range of $9.75 to $18.97.


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Apple is "permanently restrained and enjoined from prohibiting developers from including in their apps and their metadata buttons, external links, or other calls to action that direct customers to purchasing mechanisms, in addition to In-App Purchasing and communicating with customers through points of contact obtained voluntarily from customers through account registration within the app." In short, iOS apps must be allowed to direct users to payment options beyond those offered by Apple.
Epic was in violation of their contract when they allowed Fortnite users to pay them directly instead of going through Apple, and must pay back Apple 30% of what they earned during the time period in question (roughly $3.5m).
“The relevant market here is digital mobile gaming transactions, not gaming generally and not Apple’s own internal operating systems related to the App Store,” Judge Gonzalez-Rogers wrote, “the court cannot ultimately conclude that Apple is a monopolist under either federal or state antitrust laws,” she continued. “Nonetheless, the trial did show that Apple is engaging in anti-competitive conduct under California’s competition laws.”
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney's statement:
Today’s ruling isn't a win for developers or for consumers. Epic is fighting for fair competition among in-app payment methods and app stores for a billion consumers. https://t.co/cGTBxThnsP— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) September 10, 2021
Thanks to everyone who put so much time and effort into the battle over fair competition on digital platforms, and thanks especially to the court for managing a very complex case on a speedy timeline. We will fight on.— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) September 10, 2021


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THE FTSE 100 put on a late spurt to close in positive territory despite a number of negative factors which had weighed on the index earlier in the session.
The Footsie rose 13.95 points to 6,819.75, with precious metals miners Fresnillo and Randgold making gains as the worsening hostilities in Ukraine pushed the gold price higher. Fresnillo added 21.5p at 962p and Randgold climbed 80p to 5,085p.
Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at IG, said: “Renewed geopolitical worries have seen gold and silver gain as equities dip ahead of the long weekend in the US.”
Investors dumped Tesco shares as Britain’s biggest supermarket operator issued a shock profits warning and cut its interim dividend by three quarters. The stock closed nearly 7 per cent lower at 229.95p.
Its latest profit alert also pulled down supermarket rivals as analysts speculated that savings from the lower dividend and curtailed spending on refits would help build up a war-chest to ramp up the supermarket price war that has been squeezing margins all year without producing a clear winner.
Morrisons, which has already embarked on a £1 billion price cutting strategy, fell 5 per cent, or 9.4p to 177.5p, while Sainsbury’s was off 4 per cent, or 13.2p, at 290.3p.
Marks & Spencer, which has its own upmarket food offering – a division which has performed well in contrast to the woes of its fashion department – was also dragged lower, falling 2 per cent, or 8.2p, to 429.9p.
Meanwhile, pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca was one of the top blue chip risers on persistent speculation that US rival Pfizer could return for a second takeover attempt after Astra spurned a £69bn offer earlier this year. Shares climbed a further 2 per cent, or 87.5p, to 4,567p.


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Australia will see its ad market growing at 5% to $23bn in 2023, with double-digit growth forecast among online video/OTT, cinema, and online audio, according to WARC media ad spend forecasts.
Welcoming the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup this summer along with New Zealand, Australia will see its out-of-home (OOH) market grow a considerable amount to $1.07bn, surpassing pre-pandemic spend levels. 70% of OOH ad spend will go to digital out-of-home (DOOH) as the latter is forecast to grow at 14%. The CEO of the Outdoor Media Association (OMA) – Australia’s OOH industry body – said in its latest 2022 annual report that OMA will further advance into “programmatic and automation this year” after realising the power of real-time DOOH.
Search is set to grow at 8% to $6.8bn, continuing its position as the biggest channel in Australia. Much anticipation has gone into this space worldwide, as AI capacity such as ChatGPT – or its latest version, GPT-4 – brings challenges as well as opportunities for traditional search companies like Microsoft and Google.
Linear TV is forecast to decrease by 2% at $4.1bn, despite significant TV opportunities such as the broadcasting of the World Cup. Australia’s light TV viewers receive just 5% of linear TV ad impressions, although light viewers make up 45% of households.
Cinema (+28%), online audio (+16%), and online video/OTT (22%) are forecast to see increasing ad investment. However, a recent report from Mi3 showed that Netflix’s ad tier is only being slowly accepted in Australia: the take-up of Netflix’s newly launched ad-tier subscription was over 50% lower than initially projected.
Deloitte’s 2022 consumer survey revealed that 64% of Australian consumers are concerned about the cost of multiple subscriptions. Among 18-34-year-old Aussies, 57% are cutting subscriptions and memberships, up from 44% last August.


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Maputo, Mozambique, 27 April – Mozambique is due to attend the Indaba tourism fair in South Africa, which is due to take place from 8 to 11 May in Durban, and which is considered to be the most important fair for the sector in Africa, a sector source told Macauhub in Maputo.
According to the source, Mozambique’s participation aims to attract potential investors from the tourism sector and consolidate Mozambique’s image in South Africa, which is the biggest source of tourists for Mozambique.
Mozambique will be represented at the fair by the Tourism Ministry, the National Tourism Institute (Inatur) as well as the private sector.
The film Gorongosa “Africa’s Lost Eden,” produced by US television channel National Geographic, will be screened at the fair.
The film has already been shown in Mozambique, at the Lisbon Tourism Fair, and more recently at the Berlin Tourism Fair in Germany, where it received several prizes.
Mozambique has been focusing on taking part in fairs as a way of promoting the country as a tourist destination. Its most recent fairs were in Lisbon, Madrid and Berlin.
The Indaba fair will be held close to the start of the first football world cup ever hosted in Africa, from which Mozambique believes it can attract 45,000 tourists.
The tourism sector accounts for 2.5 percent of Mozambique’s gross domestic product (GDP) and according to Tourism Minister Fernando Sumbana that contribution is expected to increase to 4 percent over the next five years. (macauhub)


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Folks with plans for The Next Big Thing have a shot at a one-on-one short pitch to venture capitalists from Google Ventures, Google's powerhouse VC investment arm.
It's "Silicon Valley" meets "Shark Tank" and "Cash Cab."
On Wednesday, folks with plans for The Next Big Thing have a shot at a one-on-one short pitch to venture capitalists from Google Ventures, Google's powerhouse VC investment arm that pumps as much as $300 million a year into startups.
In a promotion with ride service Uber, six partners from Google Ventures will each ride in the backseat of Uber cars cruising through Silicon Valley from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hackers, visionaries and future moguls in Palo Alto, Mountain View or Menlo Park can request an "UberPitch" ride through the company's smartphone app. Those selected will have seven minutes to make their case and seven minutes to hear feedback.
"This sounds like a ton of fun," said David Krane, general partner at Google Ventures, who will be along for the ride. "It's a creative opportunity for some serendipitous meetings with people who have a lot of passion and enthusiasm behind their ideas; people we otherwise wouldn't have had an opportunity to meet."
It's no coincidence that Google Ventures is on board with Uber's promo stunt. Krane is an observer on the Uber board and led Google Ventures' $258 million investment in Uber last summer. It was the VC firm's biggest-ever outlay.
While Google Ventures' primary motivation is to support Uber, Krane said he thinks there's a better than 50 percent chance that the stunt could yield a business relationship.
"This is where the highest concentration of the most-talented entrepreneurs live," he said. "If we meet someone with an idea so captivating that we might consider making an investment, that would be a tremendous plus."
Google Ventures has a large appetite for small investments in seed-stage companies. It typically writes 40 to 60 "small checks" a year of $100,000 to $250,000, he said.
The VC firm did cattle-call-type pitches once before in a speed-dating-type event at the Google I/O conference at Moscone Center in 2011.
"There were long lines of bright-eyed, bushy-tailed entrepreneurs from all over the world," Krane said. He and his partners spent two minutes each with some 600 or 700 people. He's still in touch with people he met, but that event didn't yield an investment, as Google Ventures focuses on U.S. companies and most of the folks pitching were from overseas.
UberPitch has a better structure, he said. "It's a higher-quality environment for more-productive conversations in the quiet and serenity of the back of a car."
Past Uber promotions have sometimes been overwhelmed by demand. On National Cat Day in October, the San Francisco company teamed with I Can Has Cheezburger? (the folks behind LOLcats) to offer kittens on demand for 20 minutes of playtime at offices in San Francisco, Seattle and New York - and they ran short of furry friends.
How will Uber manage the load this time?
"There are thousands of strong ideas, but just six investors for UberPitch, so demand will be high," it said in a blog post. "If you don't secure a pitch on your first attempt, keep trying! Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
While the chance to score an investment from one of Silicon Valley's leading VC firms may be priceless, the rides will be free.
©2014 the San Francisco Chronicle
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Netflix Over-the-Top Service Now Available on Sony's Bravia TV's and Network Blu-ray Disc Player
--Facebook to Launch on PlayStation 3
Video rental company, Netflix, announced Tuesday that subscribers to its service can now instantly watch its streaming movie and TV show offerings on Sony Bravia connected HDTV's, on earlier Bravia models that are compatible with the company's Bravia Internet video link module, and on the Sony Network Blu-ray Disc Player. An OTT partnership between Netflix and Sony Electronics was first announced in July (see the article published on itvt.com, July 12th): last month, the companies also announced a deal to make Netflix movies and TV episodes available via instant streaming on the PlayStation 3 game console (see the article published on itvt.com, October 26th).
According to Netflix, the Sony Bravia TV's that support instant streaming of its movies and TV episodes include the W5100, Z5100, XBR9 and XBR10 series in 40-, 46- and 52-inch screen sizes (note: the sets are priced from $1,100 to $5,000, while the Sony N460 Network Blu-ray Disc Player is priced at $250).
In other Sony news: In a posting on a corporate blog, Tuesday, the company announced that PlayStation 3 firmware update 3.10 will feature support for Facebook on the TV. "By linking your PlayStation Network account to your Facebook account, you will have the option for the PS3 to automatically update your Facebook News Feed with Trophy and PlayStation Store activity," the company said. "This update also enables developers to set specific criteria in their titles to publish additional game information to your News Feed. You can then check out your updates, and those of your friends, on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media favorites through the PS3's built-in Web browser." As [itvt] reported earlier this week (see the article published on itvt.com, November 17th), Facebook and Twitter functionality has just launched on the rival Microsoft Xbox platform.
A video of Facebook on the PlayStation 3 is embedded below.


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Integral Ad Science (IAS), the global leader in digital ad verification, today released a new research study, The Congruence Effect. Surveying over 1,000 U.S. consumers, this new report from IAS explores how aligning ad messaging to content sentiment impacts consumer preference. “Contextual targeting represents a major opportunity for brands in 2021 and understanding the congruence Read the full article...
Further invests in ad verification and transparency for programmatic buying with Total Visibility read more
Surveying over 200 ad industry experts across the US, IAS found that issues around connected TV, programmatic, and social rocketed to be top priorities. read more
Tom Sharma will join IAS as Chief Product Officer to accelerate its global product expansion, including plans to enhance its industry-leading CTV solution. read more
The Media Quality Report showed improvement in major digital media quality indicators like brand safety, viewability & fraud despite 2020's volatile events. read more
IAS announced the first automated tag to seamlessly wrap campaigns with both ad server and third-party verification tags for Campaign Manager. read more
Microsoft Audience Network will now feature platform-wide brand safety using IAS's predictive technology & real-time data are brand safe. read more


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[20 Dec 2023] – Cockroach Coin G2 (RoachCoin), initially inspired by the popular Dogecoin, announces its emergence in the cryptocurrency market with a revolutionary vision. This unique digital currency, symbolized as ROACHCOIN, is not just another addition to the meme coin universe; it’s a socially conscious altcoin set to redefine the role of cryptocurrencies in fostering a positive social impact.
Empowering Generosity and Inclusivity
RoachCoin G2, operating on the Binance Smart Chain and boasting a total supply of 60 billion tokens, is embarking on a mission to build a community-driven ecosystem focused on kindness and generosity. Unlike traditional cryptocurrencies, RoachCoin G2 aims to create a user-friendly and accessible platform, ensuring that even those new to the digital currency space can participate with ease.
Utility Beyond Transactions
RoachCoin G2 extends its utility beyond mere transactions. It’s designed for tipping, donations, learning, staking, and peer-to-peer transactions. This aligns with the coin’s vision of fostering direct, transparent, and efficient interactions across various platforms. The coin’s transparent nature particularly enhances the trust and accountability in charitable endeavors.
Environmental Consciousness and User Engagement
A standout feature of RoachCoin G2 is its commitment to environmental responsibility. The team is actively exploring eco-friendly solutions for blockchain operations. Moreover, they prioritize user engagement, creating a fun and rewarding experience for its community members.
Tokenomics and Future Roadmap
With a well-structured tokenomic model, RoachCoin G2 dedicates portions of its tokens to airdrops, donations, liquidity, marketing, and a presale. Looking forward, the significant launch of ROACHCHAIN in Q2-Q3 2024 stands as a testament to the coin’s dedication towards a decentralized and secure infrastructure.
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NETWORK: BINANCE SMART CHAIN
TOTAL SUPPLY: 60 BILLION
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About RoachCoin G2
Founded by Rupesh Kumar Chaudhary, RoachCoin G2 is a lighthearted, meme-inspired cryptocurrency with a serious mission to influence the world positively. It’s a digital currency that doesn’t just exist for transactions but to create a wave of change in generosity, learning, and environmental responsibility.
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OnePlus 7 Snapdragon 855 Flagship Won't Have Wireless Charging, And Here's Why
is working on a new smartphone, the OnePlus 7
, and the leaks to this point suggest it will feature a full-front display without a notch (including the lack of a teardrop notch) and a slider design. Interestingly though, it might not support wireless charging, even though that is quickly becoming a standard feature on flagship phones. So, what gives?
Publicly, the company's stance is that wireless charging is not where it should be, and since OnePlus phones are apparently known for their charging capabilities, OnePlus has decided not to implement it into the OnePlus 7.
"OnePlus charging is one of the best, Wireless charging is far inferior," OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said in an interview with CNET.
No, you are not the only one raising an eyebrow at that explanation, I am as well. I don't know that any phone ever gets picked over another just because of its amazing charging capabilities—plug it in when you go to bed and enjoy a rejuvenated phone when you wake up.
That said, Lau is not wrong about wireless charging being inferior. It's more convenient than plugging in a cable, sure. But fast charging through a wired connection is faster than fast charging on a wireless pad or stand. It's also the reason why Qualcomm is expanding
its Quick Charge compliance program to wireless, which will include Qi interoperability.
"Wireless charging products have been introduced that claim Quick Charge support, when they have not passed through the required Quick Charge compliance process. In response to these issues, Qualcomm Technologies has expanded its compliancy program to include wireless charging pads powered by Quick Charge technology," Qualcomm said earlier this week.
Even so, Lau's explanation feels like a cop out. It also means the OnePlus 7 will be behind the 8-ball in competing with the latest generation flagships from the likes of Apple
, and others. I suspect OnePlus will change its tune when the OnePlus 7s or 8 come into view, but for the 7, wireless charging simply will not be supported.
Everything else figures to be high-end, including the processor (like a Snapdragon 855 SoC
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Apple Maps leave travelers stranded
This entry was posted on Thursday, December 13, 2012.
Australian travelers have been warned by Victoria Police about the Apple Maps’ inaccurate results, after several motorists became stranded in arid Murray Sunset national park. According to Victoria Police, several rescue operations had been carried out over the past few weeks, as the motorists wrongly navigated away from their intended tourist town of Mildura, following Apple Maps.
The police quoted an incident of one of the tourists who got trapped in there up to 24 hours with no food and water, a poor cell coverage, and with scorching temperatures, situation had become life threatening.
The Murray Sunset National Park is located in a far northwest region of Victoria, Approximately 40 miles away from Mildura. It’s an unexplored snake infested desert, accessible only by a car.
According to The Guardian, the local police has reported the issue to Apple, but even after Mildura’s location in Apple Maps has been rectified, refreshed information is still not available to all the users. If they punch in a route from South Australia to Mildura, it comes up with the same incorrect location.
As a suggestion, Police said that motorists should not put their complete trust into technology especially over long stretches of roads or highways. Due to poor implementation and faulty data of the mapping application, Apple has come under scrutiny once again. In September 2012, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook apologized to customers over the same and also suggested to consult similar products of their rivals, like Google and Nokia, till the issue is fixed.


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TVS Supply Chain Solutions again files draft papers for IPO; cuts fresh issue size to Rs 750 crore
TVS Supply Chain Solutions, part of TVS Mobility Group, has re-filed draft IPO papers with capital markets regulator Sebi and cut the fresh issuance size to Rs 750 crore from Rs 2,000 crore planned earlier.
The company, which got approval from Sebi in May 2022 to float the initial public offering (IPO), did not launch the issue amid weak market conditions. It had earlier filed its draft papers in February 2022. As per the rules, a firm gets one year to hit the primary market after receiving approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). In case a firm fails to launch an IPO during this period, it has to refile the prospectus with the regulator to seek fresh clearance. According to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) uploaded on Sebi’s website on Wednesday, TVS Supply Chain Solutions’ initial share sale consists of a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to Rs 750 crore and an Offer for Sale (OFS) of over 2 crore equity shares by existing shareholders.
Those offering shares in the OFS include Omega TC Holdings Pte. Ltd, Tata Capital Financial Services Ltd, Mahogany Singapore Company Pte. Ltd, TVS Motor Company Limited, Kotak Special Situations Fund, Andrew Jones, Ramalingam Shankar, Ethirajan Balaji, Dinesh Narayan, and Sargunaraj Ravichandran. Proceeds from the fresh issue will be utilised for payment of debt availed by the company, its subsidiaries — TVS LI UK and TVS SCS Singapore — and for general corporate purposes. Earlier, the company’s proposed IPO comprised a fresh issue of equity shares worth Rs 2,000 crore and an OFS of up to 5.95 crore equity shares.
TVS Supply Chain Solutions (TVS SCS), an integrated supply chain solutions provider, is present in over 25 countries. TVS SCS is promoted by the erstwhile TVS Group and is now part of the TVS Mobility Group, which has four business verticals — supply chain solutions; manufacturing; auto dealership, and aftermarket sales and service. The supply chain logistics solution provider has a long-standing track record of making acquisitions and integrating them into its own business. The company has acquired and successfully integrated over 20 acquisitions in the last 15 years, using its acquisition strategy to acquire a customer base, geographical reach, and technological capability.
TVS SCS has already raised primary capital of Rs 418 crore cash and a share swap through a minority stake purchase of its subsidiary White Data Systems through private placement. Marquee investors such as State Bank of India, Bajaj Holding, Hero Enterprises, and Cholamandalam Finance (by share swap) have come on board now. JM Financial, Axis Capital, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, Edelweiss Financial Services, and Equirus are the book-running lead managers this time too.


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New racer customization available for Quantum Rush
Today, the GameArt Studio team has released a new video for fans and beta testers of the online future racer, Quantum Rush, that is currently in closed beta.
In the video, you see a customization feature that will soon make it into the closed beta: Racer skins. Players will be able to choose between a variety of different skins, and, on some of these skins, it will be possible to adjust the colors. They also point out that more and more skins will become available over time.
Apart from racer skins, the team currently plans the following additional customization options: Players will be able to replace their racer’s standard cockpit with a cockpit in their favorite color, there will be numerous decals to choose from and they will even introduce a variety of underbody lights. Taking all these options into account, there will be hundreds of possible configurations for each racer’s visual appearance.
For more information: visit http://www.quantum-rush.net/
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Television broadcasters have spent billions on their conversion from analog to digital television, but they may not be alone when it comes to ponying up billions for the transition.
Last month, during a hearing by the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, the General Accounting Office told Congress a program to subsidize consumer set-top box purchases could cost the federal government more than $10 billion.
Some influential lawmakers have recently expressed their desire to bring the transition to an end by Dec. 31, 2006 by eliminating the 85 percent DTV audience provision of existing law. However, doing so literally would leave tens of millions of viewers who exclusively watch free over-the-air (OTA) television in the dark. To short circuit the political firestorm that most likely would result from such a move, Fred Upton (R-MI), who chairs the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, and others are considering subsidizing digital-to-analog converters for consumers.
At a Feb. 17 hearing, Mark Goldstein, GAO Director, Physical Infrastructure, revealed to the subcommittee findings of a survey it had commissioned to determine how many viewers might require a set-top box and the cost of subsidizing those devices. Among the findings he reported were:
- 19 percent, roughly 21 million U.S. households rely exclusively on free over-the-air television
- 57 percent, nearly 64 million households view via cable
- 19 percent, or about 22 million subscribe to a DBS service
- 48 percent of OTA households have incomes under $30,000
- 29 percent of cable and DBS households have incomes under $30,000
- 6 percent of OTA households have incomes exceeding $100,000
- 13 percent of cable and DBS households have incomes exceeding $100,000
The GAO looked at two different scenarios requiring a set-top box. In case No. 1, the GAO assumed that cable and DBS providers would continue carrying broadcast signals as they do today, eliminating the need for subscribers to get new equipment. Case No. 2 assumed that cable and DBS providers would be required to carry broadcasters’ digital signals in substantially the same format transmitted, requiring subscribers to have new equipment to receive HD digital signals.
- A set-top box subsidy for case No. 1 would cost about $460 million to $2 billion, depending on the cost of the box and whether there’s a means test.
- A set-top box subsidy for case No. 2 would cost between $1.8 billion to about $10.6 billion.
The GAO also projected the cost of a set top box subsidy based on a means test set at 200 percent and 300 percent of the poverty level and without a means test. At 200 percent of poverty level, the results are:
- 50 percent of over-the-air households are eligible
- 9.3 million households would be subsidized
- At $50 per set-top box, the cost of subsidy would be $463 million
- At $100 per box, it would be $925 million
At 300 percent of poverty level, the results are:
- 67 percent of over-the-air households are eligible
- 12.5 million households would be subsidized
- At $50 per set-top box, the cost of subsidy would be $626 million
- At $100 per box, it would be $1.25 billion
With no means test, the results are:
- 100 percent of over-the-air households are eligible
- 20.8 million households would be subsidized
- At $50 per set-top box, the cost of subsidy would be $1.04 billion
- At $100 per box, it would be $2.08 billion
For more information, visit www.gao.gov/atext/d05258t.txt.
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YSL Signs New Lease in Chicago
Yves Saint Laurent is heading back to Chicago’s Gold Coast. The luxury brand has signed a lease for a 2,375-square-foot store at 11 East Walton Street and Rush Street at the Waldorf Astoria hotel. A YSL spokesman confirmed that the store will open in the fall. Men’s wear, women’s wear and accessories will be offered. Yves Saint Laurent operated a store on Oak Street when the brand was under the direction of Stefano Pilati that closed in 2010. Since then, YSL has had no presence in the form of a freestanding store in Chicago.
The new Saint Laurent boutique will be part of a ground-floor retail condominium at the Waldorf, which opened earlier this year. Other tenants include Marc Jacobs and Perchance, a multibrand women’s boutique. Janika Brenner, a retail broker with Baum Realty Group, who represented the landlord with Adam Secher, said Oak Street and Rush Street have been competing for luxury tenants: “Oak Street still has the cachet, but there’s more pedestrian traffic on Rush Street.”
Horyn and de la Renta Make Up
All appears to have been forgiven between Oscar de la Renta and Cathy Horyn. After what might be best described as the she-said-hot-dog-he-said-stale-three-day-old-hamburger standoff, the designer welcomed the fashion critic backstage before showing his pre-fall collection Monday night. More than a few front-rowers took notice when president Alex Bolen ushered Horyn through. Afterward, Bolen said he was not at all surprised that Horyn turned up. “She’s a pro and she has a job to do,” he said.
Horyn, too, was very much back to business. Asked if everything had been ironed out as she headed for the elevator, she said there was never anything unironed. As another olive branch to de la Renta, Horyn wore one of the designer’s dresses and made a point of telling Bolen, according to one staffer. While greeting well-wishers, de la Renta was even more unruffled. “She came to see me before the show and I told her we probably approach fashion in two different ways. I respect her way and I hope she respects my way. My vision of fashion is for my customers,” he said. “I read every single article she writes on fashion. I never hold grudges.” So was it as though the dust-up never happened? “Of course it happened…” de la Renta said smiling good-naturedly. “It takes two to tango.”
Armani Works it Out
Why can’t the states ever have something this fabulous? EA7 Emporio Armani has become the official supplier for the two L’Usine gyms in Paris. After seven years of sporting Nike, the club’s employees will wear clothing and shoes by the label that dressed the Italian Olympic team last summer.
Patrick Rizzo, co-director and co-founder of L’Usine, said both EA7 and L’Usine share an exclusive positioning. He also lauded EA7 for its technical qualities and comfort. The brand is partnering with what it considers to be the most prestigious sports club in major European countries. Other tie-ins already include Milan’s Downtown and Skorpion, Barcelona’s Arsenal and London’s Thirdplace. During a press conference on Tuesday morning in Paris, French gymnast Hamilton Sabot, who won a bronze medal for the parallel bars during the London 2012 Olympic Games, demonstrated some impressive moves while wearing EA7.
– Taneisha Jordan
Photo: W Magazine
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Coming up on the television show, CBS MarketWatch Weekend, for July 20-21, 2002:
IPod for PCs
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is betting PC users will find his new Windows-friendly IPod music player nothing short of insanely great. From the Macworld Expo in New York, Ed Crane looks at the computer maker's strategic innovations and recent earnings report.
Expensing stock options
Coca-Cola and the Washington Post recently announced they will report stock options as an expense. Trish Regan gauges reaction among other companies and Congress.
Building public trust
PricewaterhouseCoopers CEO Sam DiPiazza talks with Alexis Christoforous about the importance of accountability in creating trust in public markets.
Summer of capitulation
Just when and how will the last act play out in this 28-month bear market? MarketWatch.com Executive Editor David Callaway analyzes the speculation.
Susan McGinnis takes a taste of Groovy Candies, the company that sells hard-to-find sweets from decades past, such as Razzles, Chocolate Babies, and Wax Lips.


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The Goodyear Blimp is an worldwide icon and a very familiar sight around Northeast Ohio.
Guests will also receive tickets to the October 26 game in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Later this year, the Goodyear Blimp will become the first non-player or coach to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for providing aerial game coverage since 1955.
The blimp will be housed at its hangar in Mogadore.
The stays go for $150 a night and will be available for October 22, 23 and 24, but reservations don't open on the Airbnb site until October 15.
Goodyear listed one of its blimps on Airbnb for three separate one-night stays October 22 through 24.
It is equipped with a cozy sitting room with modern decor, one bedroom, one sofa bed and a private bathroom. In keeping with the college football theme, the reservations include transportation to Michigan Stadium for the game pitting Michigan and Notre Dame, as well as food and drinks during the stay in the blimp.
Samsung Galaxy A20s launched in India with Price, Specs & Colors
In that sense, there is an image that we found today that supposedly shows a camera sensor for the next Samsung flagships . Connectivity options include 4G VoLTE, dual SIM, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.2, USB Type-C, Global Positioning System and GLONASS.
Fans lucky enough to land this Airbnb will receive tickets to the football game and official gear.
"Just like any host, we will be opening up our home to give the guests the best experience", chief pilot Jerry Hissem told USA TODAY.
The infamous blue and gold blimp is no stranger to football.
Two guests can stay in the blimp at a time. In addition to sleeping inside, the stay comes with a football lounge where guests can watch classic rivalry college football games and a tailgate area.
Guests aboard the Goodyear Blimp can tailgate during their stay.
To score a spot, Airbnb suggests fans keep their eyes on the listing all day.